 | 1863 - 584 Seiten
...than any other— is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature and of his relations to the universe of things. Whence our race has come;...anew and with undiminished interest to every man born into the world. Most of us, shrinking from the difficulties and dangers which beset the seeker after... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1863 - 204 Seiten
...than any other — is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature and of his relations to the universe of things. Whence our race has come...our power over nature, and of nature's power over as ; to what goal we are tending ; are the problems which present themselves anew and with undiminished... | |
 | 1867 - 510 Seiten
...whence our race has come ; " it tells us " the place man occupies in nature ; " it tel'° "° " fhe limits of our power over nature, and of nature's power over us ; " also, "'to what goal we are tending." It reveals that " In the beginning God created the heavens... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1863 - 622 Seiten
...man's relation to the lower animals. ' The question of ' questions for mankind,' says the author — ' the problem which ' underlies all others, and is more...and with undiminished ' interest to every man born into the world.' The way in which an answer is sought to this question of questions is by first arranging... | |
 | 1866 - 694 Seiten
...intention of which is, to awaken an interest in his subject in the mind of the public, and prepare it for a favorable reception of his views. In regard...problems which present "themselves anew, and with undiuiiuished interest, to every man born in the world." — page 71. This statement is undoubtedly... | |
 | Ludwig Büchner - 1872 - 404 Seiten
...of all others and interests us more profoundly than any other. "Whence our race has come"; he says, "what are the limits of our power over nature, and...anew and with undiminished interest to every man born into the world." — More simply expressed these are the old questions which have in all times occupied... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1873 - 204 Seiten
...than any other — is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature and of his relations to the universe of things. Whence our race has come...anew and with undiminished interest to every man born into the world. Most of us, shrinking from the difficulties and dangers which beset the seeker after... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1873 - 194 Seiten
...than any other—is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature and of his relations to the universe of things. Whence our race has come;...anew and with undiminished interest to every man born into the world. Most of us, shrinking from the difficulties and dangers which beset the seeker after... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1874 - 190 Seiten
...saying, " The question of questions for mankind — the problem which underlies all others, and is more interesting than any other — is the ascertainment...nature, and of nature's power over us, to what goal are we tending, are the problems which present themselves anew and with undiminished interest to every... | |
 | William Jackson - 1874 - 432 Seiten
...than any other — is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature and of his relations to the universe of things. Whence our race has come...anew and with undiminished interest to every man born into the world." Huxley. Man's Place in Nature, p. B7. "Der Mensch ist das einzige Geschopf, das erzogen... | |
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Whence our race has come; what are the limits of our power over nature, and of nature's power over us; to what goal we are tending; are the problems which present themselves anew and with undiminished interest to every man born into the world. 
